CVE-2026-14361 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The consul-template library before version 0.42.1 is vulnerable to a path redirection issue in the writeToFile template helper that may allow template output to be written outside the intended directory or to overwrite an existing file. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-14361) is fixed in consul-template 0.42.1.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Hashicorp	Tooling

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Vendors	Products
Hashicorp	Tooling

References

Link	Providers
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-20-consul-template-vulnerable-to-path-redirections-in-writetofile/77559

History

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Hashicorp Hashicorp tooling
Vendors & Products		Hashicorp Hashicorp tooling

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The consul-template library before version 0.42.1 is vulnerable to a path redirection issue in the writeToFile template helper that may allow template output to be written outside the intended directory or to overwrite an existing file. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-14361) is fixed in consul-template 0.42.1.
Title		Consul-template is vulnerable to path redirection in writeToFile through symlink attack
Weaknesses		CWE-59
References		https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-20-consul-template-vulnerable-to-path-redirections-in-writetofile/77559
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: HashiCorp

Published: 2026-07-08T20:11:32.799Z

Updated: 2026-07-08T20:37:56.570Z

Reserved: 2026-07-01T19:00:00.428Z

Link: CVE-2026-14361

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-08T20:37:52.916Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-08T21:30:08Z

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